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Eliades Ochoa (born 22 June 1946) is a Cuban guitarist and singer from Loma de la Avispa, Songo La Maya in the east of the country near Santiago de Cuba.
He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to join Cuarteto Patria as its leader, a group founded in 1939. Although he looks like a guajiro, and he still wears his trademark cowboy hat, his roots are in the son, and he only agreed to take on the role of leader if he was allowed to introduced new elements to the repertoire. He plays the tres, and also a variant called cuatro (with two additional strings). His involvement with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Wim Wenders film of the same name, has led him to worldwide fame.
In 1993 he and the group recorded A una coqueta and in 1995 The lion is loose (Cubason CORA125); In 1998 he recorded the album CubAfrica with Manu Dibango (Mélodie 79593.2); in 1999 Sublime Ilusión (Virgin DGVIR 85); and in 2006 a compilation of Virgin recordings appeared, La collección cubana: Eliades Ochoa (Nascente NSCD 114
Singer and composer born in a rural environment. He is considered one of the most important Cuban soneros of all times and a remarkable defender of the Cuban traditional music.
He was born in June 11, 1946 at Songo La Maya, Santiago de Cuba Province and since 1958, he is living in Santiago de Cuba City, where he has pursued his artistic career. Since early years he learned how to play the guitar and tres, achieving also vocal qualities, exhibiting them through the interpretation of Cuban traditional music as Sones, Guarachas, Guajiras and Boleros.
He began playing the guitar when he was six and in 1978 he was invited to join Cuarteto Patria as its leader, a group founded in 1939. Although he looks like a guajiro, and he still wears his trademark cowboy hat, his roots are in the son, and he only agreed to take on the role of leader if he was allowed to introduced new elements to the repertoire. He plays the tres, and also a variant called cuatro (with two additional strings). His involvement with the Buena Vista Social Club and the Wim Wenders film of the same name, has led him to worldwide fame.
In 1993 he and the group recorded A una coqueta and in 1995 The lion is loose (Cubason CORA125); In 1998 he recorded the album CubAfrica with Manu Dibango (Mélodie 79593.2); in 1999 Sublime Ilusión (Virgin DGVIR 85); and in 2006 a compilation of Virgin recordings appeared, La collección cubana: Eliades Ochoa (Nascente NSCD 114
Singer and composer born in a rural environment. He is considered one of the most important Cuban soneros of all times and a remarkable defender of the Cuban traditional music.
He was born in June 11, 1946 at Songo La Maya, Santiago de Cuba Province and since 1958, he is living in Santiago de Cuba City, where he has pursued his artistic career. Since early years he learned how to play the guitar and tres, achieving also vocal qualities, exhibiting them through the interpretation of Cuban traditional music as Sones, Guarachas, Guajiras and Boleros.
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Grandes exitos
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Sus Ojos Se Cerraron
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jusi24b wrote:
love this Group, love this sound, love 'chan chan' ! I hope I can go to Cuba soon and cry listening their songs. They are fantastic!
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_tsk_ wrote:
Fidel Castro group!
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ingeborgheise wrote:
I would like to recommend you an artist: http://www.last.fm/music/Thilo+Martinho I love the tracks of this versatile musician. Maybe, you do so too ?
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pablo_soze wrote:
muy buen cover de aute, 'Hemingway delira'...
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DurvalPascoal wrote:
hasta la musica universal de lo piensamento
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Join Fidel Castro Group
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flyingdutchgirl wrote:
Encantarme tu musica Hasta luego a Paradiso en Hollanda :-D
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moveeee wrote:
eeeeeeeeeliades ochoa lo a visto ao vivo en portugal xD
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uscias wrote:
how do humans make these sounds???
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qubit54 wrote:
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LadyBowie wrote:
Buenavista Social Club
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hanbanna wrote:
Its hard to put into words what Eliades and his music means to me. But I love it very very much
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Mysthique wrote:
Me encanta Chan Chan... me da un no se qué que me gusta··············I love Chan Chan... it makes me feel a je-ne-sais-qua that likes me
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Mysthique wrote:
Me encanta Chan Chan... me da un no se qué que me gusta I love Chan Chan... it makes me feel a je-ne-sais-qua that likes me
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Montesol wrote:
...and I become a better person every time I listen to him.
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Montesol wrote:
quickly becoming one of my favorite all time Latin artists...
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